This is a list of all penalty shoot-outs that have occurred in the Finals tournament of the FIFA World Cup. Penalty shoot-out was introduced as a tie-breaker in the 1978 World Cup but did not occur before 1982. The first time a World Cup title was won by penalty shoot-out was in 1994. The only other time was in 2006. By the end of the 2014 edition, 26 shoot-outs have taken place in the World Cup.
For teams that played two or more penalty shootouts
For teams that played one penalty shootout
Championship year in bold
Before the introduction of penalty shoot-outs in 1978:
Highest values in bold.